Joshua HammerSmithsonian Magazine On-lineDecember 2010Searching for Buddha in AfghanistanClad in a safari suit, sun hat, hiking boots and leather gloves, Zemaryalai Tarzi leads the way from his tent to a rectangular pit in the Bamiyan Valley of northern Afghanistan.

Cultural Heritage Center Recognized with Heritage AwardThe U.S. National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS) has recognized the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Heritage Center with the first annual Heritage Award for International Excellence.

2007

Ken BullockBerkeley Daily PlanetJanuary 23 2007Afghan Archaeologist Discusses Bamiyan SiteTarzi went to France on a scholarship at age 20 to study at Strasbourg, where he now teaches, dividing his time between the university and fieldwork in Bamiyan during the summer.

Waking the BuddhaAfghanistan's most notorious crime scene is now marked by a blue wooden sign that warns people to keep out, and the remains of Bamiyan's monumental standing Buddhas have been collected and cataloged.

2004

Zemaryalai TarziTranslated from the French by Nadia TarziSeptember 2004Back to my Roots, Back to Bamiyan But it is only when I arrived in front of the great cliff, dominating the valley to the north, that I was left speechless. I stood in front of the Manhattan of the Silk Road and was minuscule by the Hindu Kush idols.

From the President: Double Standard?The Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas three years ago drew international attention and calls for action, but since then Afghanistan has received nothing like the assistance in rebuilding its archaeological and cultural heritage that Iraq has in a much shorter time.

BBC NewsFriday, 6 September, 200212:18 GMT 13:18 UK The Hunt for Bamiyan's Third BuddhaProfessor Zemaryali Tarzi of Strasbourg University thinks the missing statue described in the journals of a 7th Century Chinese explorer is bigger - some 300 metres (1,000 feet) long.